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As SVBKVLT is now online and picking up speed, we have put together a little compilation of choice cuts from our current releases as well as previews of forthcoming SVBKVLT material and some upfront tracks from some of our favorite local producers, including the first taste of Laura Ingalls’ killer cassette release, some fresh beats from Downstate and Hamacide, TzuSing’s first officially released track, a stunning preview of Bent Lynchpin’s (Caliph8’s band) forthcoming debut and SLV’v deadly VIP version of ‘Killers’, as well as a few other tracks featured on our first few cassette releases. The comp comes in the form of a digital download card, designed by Kim Laughton, and only 300 have been made, with around 150 already given out around Tokyo last weekend. We have put aside a bunch of these cards to give out to the first 100 people at this Saturday’s Sub-Culture / Stockholm Syndrome collab at Shelter with Jimmy Edgar. Get down early!

A special mid-week Sub-Culture in collaboration with LA’s BTS Radio featuring BTS head-honcho ANDREW MEZA!

Andrew Meza is a Los Angeles based DJ and creator of the genre defying mix-series, BTS Radio.

Since it’s start in 2003, BTS has become a worldwide brand and movement showcasing the most progressive artists around the world. Meza has toured internationally showcasing the “BTS” sound, landing somewhere between hip-hop and electronic, he’s largely credited to spearheading what some have dubbed, the “beat movement”.

With nods and co-signs from much of the who’s who on the independent circuit, including MF DOOM, Hudson Mohawke, Toro Y Moi and Flying Lotus, Meza is known as one of the most influential tastemakers, spotlighting underground talent and championing artist long before their respected acclaim and record deals.Meza has expanded BTS into a label, their latest release, “S.Maharba: Remixed” will be released February 19th.Other guest features on BTS have also included: 4Hero, Toro Y Moi, The Avalanches, Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Four Tet, Teebs, Peanut Butter Wolf, Cinematic Orchestra, Kankick, DJ Mitsu, Exile, Samiyam, Rustie, Jneiro Jarel, Letherette, Micachu, and Mono/Poly among others.

*** This event wil also see the release of the first SVBKVLT cassette by Shanghai’s Faded Ghost AKA ChaCha. Limited to 45 copies only! ***

One of the most exciting releases to come out of Shanghai for some time, S L V’s debut EP has just been released on Urban Waves Records. S L V comprises of two of Shanghai’s best producers, Downstate and Hamacide, and the combination of the 2 is devastating! I (Drunk Monk) have been dropping ‘Killers’ and ‘Clip Arp’ in my sets recently and each time I have had people ask me what tunes were (including Kode9!). SVBKVLT will be releasing a limited S L V 7″ early next year, but until then head over the Urban Wave’s Bandcamp and get downloading this (and dont be cheap, support and pay!)

Also, this Friday see the return of Hollow Point to The Shelter. Myself, Downstate and Hamacide are on the controls and are on straight up shoot-to-kill orders. Expect to hear the S L V EP get a proper first outing, as well as a whole bunch of new material and upfront killers. Kevlar recommended….

As well as our 5 year anniversary,November also sees us achieve a goal we’ve been striving for for years, the first Sub-Culture Tokyo event! We will be releasing full details next week, but here is the info on a special cd we have put together for the event. Performing at Sub-Culture Tokyo will be Faded Ghost (ChaCha), Downstate, Hamacide, Red-i and Soul Flower (B-Side, Manila), Skyfish (JP) and Drunk Monk, and we have compiled this cd, including a bunch of unreleased tracks, to give away at the event. The artwork was designed by our favourite Shanghainese artist Cheeri Wang, and it fits the vibe of the cd perfectly. We will have a handful of these this weekend at our anniversary events in Dada Beijing and The Shelter Shanghai, keep your eyes peeled! Here’s the tracklist

This landed in our inbox late last week, a new EP on Ziggurat Records which includes a Hamacide remix featuring Sub-Culture’s own ChaCha alongside Percee P and Shanghai’s Blaise Deville! The EP is available here for free download, and below is the official press release. Big!

‘Ziggurat Records is back. After launching the Flossed in Space event series in Atlanta & Brooklyn, releasing several cinematic music videos, and spending endless hours in the studio, Ziggurat is putting in work & will finish 2012 strong. You can expect solo releases from each member, new music videos, and huge collaborative singles.

Today, Ziggurat releases their Flossed in Space Remix EP called Don’t Lose Your High. It takes a mind-altering look back at Ziggurat’s debut album Flossed in Space. Take an audio acid trip through the ears of TreeKeeper, Hamacide, & LGHTSWTCH who creatively utilize the distinct Ziggurat style they have dubbed “cubism” & “milky wave.” The EP includes three remixes off the Flossed in Space LP including “Papaya Rap”, “Smithereens”, & “Oracle.” It also includes a hype new bonus track/single “Psyche High” by LGHTSWTCH, MIYAGI, & PURPLMONK. Don’t Lose Your High’s visual followup is an official music video for “All Purple Everything” that drops next week.’

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We would hope that anyone in Shanghai into good electronic music will know whats going down tomorrow night at The Shelter, but just in case you somehow missed out on what was one of the best albums of last year – Kuedo’s ‘Severant’, here’s a little intro into what Antidote is bringing to Shanghai this Friday!

If there is one artist that encapsulates the new found air of uninhibited creative expression in modern electronic music then surely that artist is Jamie Teasdale. From his seminal work as one half of Vex’d, which paved the way for what is now known as Dubstep, to his barrier breaking work under the name Jamie Vex’d, to his new and highly praised moniker as Kuedo, Mr Teasdale has made some of the best electronic music in the past 10 years.

Making his name as part of the acclaimed duo Vex’d, whose brutal take on Dubstep helped define it in its infancy, Jamie Teasdale’s re-invention under his Kuedo moniker is nothing short of breath-taking. His early works under this pseudonym such as the acclaimed ‘Starfox’ on Planet Mu were colourful and warm, playful and exuberant and perfectly encapsulated the new found sense of freedom and release found as he removed himself from the restrictive and often nonsensical notions of ‘genre’. Not one to rest on his laurels however, he spent each subsequent release developing and evolving his sound, the pinnacle of which is his debut LP ‘Severant’ , also released on Planet Mu. More introspective and melancholic than his earlier works, the emotive, bladerunner-esque soundscapes represent the futuristic, sci-fi world he now inhabits, a world that he has singlehandedly created for himself.

His sets, both as a DJ and Live, also reflect his wildly diverse range of influences and inspirations. Hard Atlanta rap instruments and fervent footwork sit side by side with 80’s synth soundtracks, quasi disco and all manner of elements from the post-dubstep musical universe, brought together with seaming ease. What defines Kuedo is, paradoxically, the impossibility of defining him. A renaissance man of electronic music and beyond, here’s to the future…

Joining Kuedo on the night will be Downstate fresh off his album release last week, Hamacide (who released a great EP with ChaCha this week), Blaise Deville, Cavia and some 8-bit madness from Monkey Benders. Don’t really need to say much more, if your in Shanghai and like proper electronic music then this is where you need to be!